February 15, 2012
TANSTAAFL
The headline is an acronym from the Robert Heinlein novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. It stands for "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" and its original meaning was that you can't get something for nothing.
As the tyranny of government interference in our lives continues to grow we learn the new meaning of TANSTAAFL.
If as a parent I choose to send my child to school with two slices of cold pizza, a bag of Dorittos and a Kool-Aid it is none of the government's damned business. If I choose to provide my child a snack of carrot sticks or a Snickers Bar, it is none of the government's damned business.The mother, who doesn’t wish to be identified at this time, says she made her daughter a lunch that contained a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips. A state inspector assessing the pre-K program at the school said the girl also needed a vegetable, so the inspector ordered a full school lunch tray for her. While the four-year-old was still allowed to eat her home lunch, the girl was forced to take a helping of chicken nuggets, milk, a fruit and a vegetable to supplement her sack lunch.
You so often hear public officials who oppose such incidents of tyranny ascribe "well meaning" intentions and motivations to the tyrants. I've heard it said often in regard to the imposition of ObamaCare.
Every time you hear that you should call it what it is, Bullshit.
Anyone who believes that they have the power to make your choices for you and applies that power with the full coercive force of government does not have good intentions and is not well meaning.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 06:17 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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